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Bata (goddess) In Egyptian mythology, Bata (also spelt Bat) was originally a deification of the Milky Way, which, since it was in early times considered a pool of cow's milk, made Bata be considered a cow goddess. She was originally worshipped in Seshesh, the 7th nome of Upper Egypt, where she, as a representation of the cosmos, was thought of as the essence of the soul.
Bata (martial arts) Bata (Bataireacht or Uisce Beatha Bata Rince in Irish) or Irish stickfighting is a traditional martial art of Ireland. Often associated with hurling gangs and faction fighters, it was recently dramatised in Gangs of New York, and classically by Irish author William Carleton in "Traits And Stories of The Irish Peasantry".
Bata Shoes Bata Shoes (in Czech Baťovy závody) is a large, family owned shoe company. It is currently headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and operates business units (Bata Europe, Bata Asia Pacific-Africa, Bata Latin America and Bata North America).
Bataan Death March The Bataan Death March (aka The Death March of Bataan) was a war crime involving the forcible transfer of prisoners of war, with wide-ranging abuse and high fatalities, by Japanese forces in the Philippines, in 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan, which was part of the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42), during World War II. In Japanese, it is known as Batān Shi no Kōshin, with the same meaning.
Batac, Ilocos Norte Batac is a 1st class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is the most populous of the 22 municipalities in Ilocos Norte, with 47,682 people in 9,882 households according to the 2000 census.
Bataclan "Bataclan" is a digital single made available for sale on Prince's website on 29 March, 2004. The single consists of a live performance of 2 songs: "NPG In This Funky House", which segues into "All The Critics Love U In Paris", which was an update of "All The Critics Love U In New York", from the album 1999.
Bataireacht Bataireacht is the historical, general term used in the Irish language, to describe various martial arts of Irish stick-fighting. The stick used in Irish stick-fighting is a specific weapon traditionally called a shillelagh ("sail-eille").
Batak Dam The Batak Dam () is located in the Rhodope Mountains and is the third largest in Bulgaria. It attracts many tourists and fishermen, and a whole resort was bulit on its shore — Tsigov Chark (Цигов чарк).
Batak Pony The Batak Pony is an Indonesian breed. Originating in Central Sumatra, it is thought to have descended from Mongolian Horse and Arabian blood, and has continually been infused with Arabian blood throughout the century to improve its quality.
Batak script The Batak script, called locally the surat Batak, is an abugida that is used to write the Batak language of northern Sumatra, an Austronesian language spoken by about three million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. In most Batak communities, only the priests, or datu are able to use the Batak script, and use it mainly for magical texts and calendars.
Batala Batala, a town located on the Amritsar-Pathankot railway line, is a sub-divisional headquarters of Gurdaspur district of Punjab state, India. The town has a historical importance in the history of Sikhism as Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh faith was married to Bibi Sulakhni, the daughter of Moolchand Chona, a trader from this town.
Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism In theoretical physics, Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism was developed as a method for determining the ghost structure for theories, such as gravity and supergravity, whose Hamiltonian formalism has constraints not related to a Lie algebra action. The formalism, based on a Lagrangian that contains both fields and "antifields", can be thought of as a very complicated generalization of the BRST formalism.
Batalion Zośka The Batalion Zośka (named after Tadeusz Zawadzki) was a Scouting battalion of the Armia Krajowa, mainly consisted by members of the Szare Szeregi, which took part in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. It was one of the Batalions of the Radosław Regiment.
Bataliony Chłopskie Bataliony Chłopskie (BCh, Polish Peasants' Battalions) was a Polish World War II resistance movement and partisan organisation. The organisation was created in mid-1940 by the Stronnictwo Ludowe party and by 1944 was partially integrated with the Armia Krajowa.
Batalyon Raiders Batalyon Raiders (Raiders Battalions) are a special forces group of the military of Indonesia, formed on December 22, 2003. The first ten battalions that are Raiders-qualified were formed from eighth Kodam's (Military Territorial Command) assault infantry battalions (Yonif = Batalion Infantri / infantry battalions) and two Kostrad's non - airborne infantry battalions (Yonif Linud = Batalion Lintas Udara / airborne infantry battalions).
Batam Batam is an island in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia, 415 km², with about 700,000 inhabitants, of whom about 85% are of Malay-Indonesian origin and 14% are Chinese. The island is located about 20 kilometres south of Singapore, a 1 hour ferry ride away.
Batanagar Batanagar, (Bengali বাটানগর) in the south-western outskirts of Calcutta, the major city of West Bengal, India, is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here.
Batang Padang Batang Padang is an administrative district in Perak, Malaysia. This district is administered by two local councils, namely, the Tapah District Council, based in Tapah, and Tanjung Malim District Council, based in Tanjung Malim.
Batangas Batangas is a province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east.
Batangas State University, ARASOF, Nasugbu Campus The Batangas State University – ARASOF, Nasugbu Campus is located at Barangay Bucana, Nasugbu, Batangas. It started as a branch of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology in Nasugbu, Batangas on May 1952 by virtue of Republic Act No. 685 passed by Congress through the efforts of the late Congressman Apolinario R. Apacible and former Director of Fisheries, Dr. Deogracias Villadolid. A 4.3-hectare tract of land was donated by Don Antonio Roxas y Cia.
Batanic languages The Batanic languages (sometimes called ‘Bashiic’ or ‘Ivatanic’ or ‘Vasayic’) are four closely related languages which together form a subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Three of the languages (Ivatan, Babuyan and Itbayat) are spoken on Batan and three other small Batanes Islands, which are Northern Philippine islands located between Taiwan and Luzon.
Batar The Batar (Arabic: البتار) rocket launcher is a weapon developed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas during the Al-Aqsa intifada. The weapon was reportedly created and produced in clandestine workshops in the Gaza strip under the direction of Adnan al-Ghoul until his assassination by Israel.
Batarang A batarang is a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics superhero Batman as a non-lethal ranged attack alternative to firearms, which he rejects outright due to the circumstances of his parents' murder. The name is a portmanteau of bat and boomerang, and was originally spelled baterang.
Bataraza, Palawan Bataraza is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. Bataraza, formerly part of Brooke's Point until 1964, was named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former mayor of Brooke's Point, the late Datu Sapiodin Narrazid.
Batariel Batariel, Batârêl (Aramaic: מטראל, Greek: Βατριήλ) was the 12th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch. The name is generally believed to be "valley of God" bathar-el and Babylonian in origin.
Batasang Pambansa The Batasang Pambansa (English: National Assembly), also known by its nickname, the Batasan, was the former parliament of the Philippines, established as an interim assembly in 1976 and finally as an official body in 1981. Under the 1973 constitution, it replaced the former Congress established under the 1935 Commonwealth constitution.
Batasuna Batasuna (Unity) is an illegal Basque political party based mainly in Spain but with a French presence, which has traditionally acted as the political branch of the Basque illegal terrorist group ETA. It is part of the Basque National Liberation Movement which includes social organizations, trade unions, youth (Jarrai and Gazteriak, now merged in Haika and Segi), and women's groups (Egizan).
Batata y su Rulba Palenquera "Batata était dépositaire d’un savoir et d’une tradition musicale issue d’Afrique par le biais des cimarones de San Basilio où il passa la plupart de sa vie. Porteur de ce savoir ancestral, la lignée des Batata (lui était le 3ème) était autorisée à jouer du tambour "pechiche", long de deux mètres.
Batavia Street Gang Batavia Street Gang was an New York independent street gang based in the Fourth Ward during the 1890s. Affiliated with the Eastman Gang during the turn of the century, they were rivals of the Cherry Hill Gang throughout the previous decade.
Batavian rebellion The Batavian rebellion took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior between 69 and 70. The rebels led by Gaius Julius Civilis managed to destroy four legions and inflict humiliating defeats on the Roman army.
Batavian revolution The term Batavian revolution refers to the political, social and cultural turmoil that marked the end of the Dutch Republic at the end of the 18th century. In the Netherlands, this era is called, together with the Napoleonic era, the "French-Batavian era" (1795–1815) even though the time spanned was only 20 years, of which 3 under French occupation.
Batavians The Batavians (also known by Batavii, or Batavi) were a Germanic tribe, originally part of the Chatti, reported by Tacitus to have lived around the Rhine delta, in the area that is currently the Netherlands, "an uninhabited district on the extremity of the coast of Gaul, and also of a neighbouring island, surrounded by the ocean in front, and by the river Rhine in the rear and on either side" (Tacitus, Historiae iv). This led to the Latin name of Batavia for the area.
Batá drums A Batá drum is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi-religious purposes for the native culture from the land of Yoruba, located in Nigeria, as well as by worshippers of Santería in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in the United States.
Batán Grande Reserved Zone The Lambayeque developed between 700 and 1350 on the north coast, taking as the first center the zone of Batán Grande (900 - 1000) and then 10 kilometers towards the south-west, up to Túcume (1100 - 1350) and his limits for the north up to Piura and for the south to the vale of Chicama. His origins go back to the end of the culture Moche, happening for the influences of the Huari and of the Cajamarca, in such a way that a new ceramic and iconographic style originated.
Batéké Plateau The Batéké plateaux are located around the south-east border between the Republic of Congo and Gabon. In the latter, there are found in the Haut-Ogooué Province, while the Plateaux Province name of Congo is taken after them.
Batcave The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics' superhero Batman, (the alternate identity of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne), consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor.
Batcombe, Somerset Batcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mendip District of Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham five miles south east of Shepton Mallet. The parish has a population of 400 (2002 estimate).
Batea (mythology) Batea (also spelled Bateia) is a figure in Greek mythology said to be the daughter or (less commonly) the aunt of King Teucer, ruler of a tribe known as the Teucrians (Teucri). The Teucrians inhabited the area of northwest Asia Minor later called the Troad (Troas), and the term is sometimes used as another name for the Trojans.
Bated breath The phrase "bated breath" used in a sentence such as "Waiting for your answer with bated breath" is used to speak of a state where you almost stop breathing through fear, awe, extreme anticipation, or anxiety. Bated in this sense is a contraction of the word "abated" however when most people use the the phrase today they use a completely wrong word.
Batei Ungarin Batei Ungarin () is a neighborhood in the Haredi Mea Shearim section of Jerusalem. Its name is Hebrew for "Houses of Hungary" because it was built by "Kolel Ungarn"- a Hungarian Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.
Batelco Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) was established in 1991 as a Bahraini shareholding company and has an authorized share capital of BD 100 million (US$ 265 million). Batelco's major shareholders include the Government of Bahrain, Quasi-government institutions, financial and commercial organizations, and private Bahraini and GCC investors.
Bateleur The Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the bird family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as buzzards, kites and harriers. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and probably the origin of the "Zimbabwe bird", national emblem of Zimbabwe.
Bateman 365 Bateman 365 is a project intiated by Scott Bateman in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the 24 Hour Animation Contest on the scale of one year. It utilizes a number of characters Bateman developed for his syndicated political cartoons and other works, as well as snippets from life in New York City and audio commentaries from third parties.
Bateman Manuscript Project The Bateman Manuscript Project was a major effort at collation and encyclopedic compilation of the mathematical theory of special functions. It resulted in the eventual publication of five important reference volumes, under the editorship of Arthur Erdélyi.
Bateman's principle In biology, Bateman's principle is the theory that females almost always invest more energy into producing offspring than males, and that therefore in most species females are a limiting resource over which the other sex will compete.
Bateman-Horn conjecture In number theory, the Bateman-Horn conjecture is a vast generalization of such conjectures as the Hardy and Littlewood conjecture on the density of twin primes or their conjecture on primes of the form n2+1; it is also a strengthening of Schinzel's hypothesis H.
Baten Kaitos Origins Baten Kaitos Origins (known as Baten Kaitos II in Japan) is a role-playing video game unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show by Namco and Monolith Soft. The official name was revealed at E3 on May 10, 2006 It is the second game in the Baten Kaitos] series, and a prequel to [[Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean.
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean is a role-playing video game that was developed by tri-Crescendo and Monolith Soft and published by Namco for the Nintendo GameCube. First released in Japan in 2003, it is the first game in the Baten Kaitos series, and takes place after Baten Kaitos Origins, a prequel made in 2006.
Batepá massacre The Batepá massacre occurred on 3 February 1953 in São Tomé when Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles. The background of the bloody events was the shortage of labor on the plantations and fears of the islanders to become forced to work on the estates.
Bateria A bateria (Portuguese for "drums") is a Brazilian musical group, the percussion band of a Samba School. Outside Brazil, the term "bateria" is also sometimes used loosely to mean any musical ensemble that plays samba.
Bates (Stargate) Sergeant Bates is a fictional USMC non-commissioned officer played by Dean Marshall in television series Stargate Atlantis. First introduced in the two-part series premiere "Rising", Bates is African-American and around 20-25 years of age.
Bates Battaglia Jonathan Bates Battaglia (born December 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American professional hockey left winger. He is currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, having been called up from a year with their minor league affiliate, the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.
Bates method The Bates method is a system of practices and exercises that are used to improve sight and reverse ocular disorders to normal by eliminating mental strain of any kind and restoring the natural habits of seeing. It is the backbone of the natural vision improvement movement .
Bates Motel Bates Motel is a 1987 television movie about Alex West, a mentally disturbed asylum cellmate of Norman Bates who ends up inheriting the infamous Bates Motel. In this televised spin-off of Psycho, the cameo appearance of Norman Bates is portrayed by Kurt Paul, who previously stood in as a stunt double for actor Anthony Perkins in Psycho II and Psycho III.
Bates numbering Bates numbering (or Bates Stamping) is used in the legal and business fields to sequentially number or date/time-mark images or documents as they are scanned or processed (for example, marking exhibits during the discovery stage of preparations for trial or identifying business receipts).
Bates Technical College Bates Technical College is an accredited, publicly-supported college that is a part of Washington State's 34-member community and technical college college system. It has two campuses, both located in Tacoma, Washington.
Batestown, Virginia Batestown is an extinct unincorporated town in Prince William County, Virginia. The town was located along the furthest terminus of Mine Road in what is now a western neighborhood of Dumfries along the banks of Quantico Creek.
Batesville High School (Arkansas) Batesville High School is the only public secondary school that is located in the city of Batesville, Arkansas, in Independence County. Their mascot for the school (and more specifically, for the sports teams) are the Pioneers.
Batey (game) Batey was the name given to a special plaza around which the native Caribbean Taino Indians built their settlements. It was usually a rectangular area surrounded by stones with carved symbols known as petroglyphs.
Bath and Hammondsport Railroad The Bath and Hammondsport Railroad was chartered in 1872 as a narrow gauge railroad running from the Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad interchange in Bath, New York, to Hammondsport, New York. In 1872, the B&H was converted to standard gauge.
Bath and North East Somerset Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a unitary authority that was created on April 1, 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset.
Bath Assembly Rooms The Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769, are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath in England which are now open to the public as a visitor attraction.
Bath bun The Bath bun is a rich, sweet yeast dough shaped round that has a lump of sugar baked in the bottom and more crushed sugar sprinkled on top after baking. Variations in ingredients include candied fruit peel, currants or larger raisins or sultanas.
Bath coup Bath coup is a coup in the game of contract bridge, where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king (or a queen). The coup is named after the city of Bath in England and dates from the game of Whist, the predecessor of Bridge.
Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970 The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a music festival held at the Bath and Wells Showground in Shepton Mallet on the 27-28th June 1970. It featured a lineup of the top American west coast and British bands of the day, including Donovan, Mothers of Invention, Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted), The Byrds (acoustic set), Moody Blues (unable to play), Dr.
Bath House Cultural Center The Bath House Cultural Center is the first of six neighborhood cultural centers built and operated by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. It is located on the east shore of White Rock Lake in east Dallas, Texas (USA).
Bath chair A bath chair — or Bath chair — is a wheeled vehicle with a folding hood, which can be used open or closed, and a glass front, mounted on three or four wheels and drawn or pushed by hand. It is so named after its similarity in appearance to an old fashioned bath.
Bath Junction Bath Junction was originally a railroad junction and station on the New York & Sea Beach Railway, (Sea Beach Line) located near the current intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, to describe its junction with the Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad (West End Line).
Bath Killer Bees The Bath Killer Bees are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Southern Conference-Western Division. Bath has fielded solid teams throughout its history, though the team has yet to find success in the playoffs with one win in only five playoff appearances.
Bath School disaster The Bath School disaster was a series of bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, USA, on May 18 1927, which killed 45 people and injured 58. Most of the victims were children in second to sixth grades attending the Bath Consolidated School.
Bath Side Battery Bath Side Battery was built in 1811 to cover the anchorage of the port of Harwich, Essex, England as part of the same complex as the Redoubt, armed with 3 x 24 pdr (11 kg) cannon. The battery was allowed to decay, and after 1990 excavations is marked out on the ground in front of the Anchor pub, Stour Road.
Bath Stone Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance.
Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd (1988)165 CLR 411 is a High Court of Australia case that discusses the application of the freedom of interstate trade, as specified in section 92 of the Australian Constitution. This case followed the unanimous decision of Cole v Whitfield regarding the interpretation of section 92 as about free trade as opposed to individual rights.
Bath White The Bath White (Pontia daplidice) is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the Yellows and Whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region. It is common in central and southern Europe, migrating northwards every summer, often reaching southern Scandinavia and sometimes southern England.
Bath, North Carolina Bath is the greatest town in the country Jakob Pernov lives near Bath on Camp Leach Insert non-formatted text here a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 275 at the 2000 census.
Bath, Ontario Bath, Ontario (2001 approximate population 1,100) was first settled by the United Empire Loyalists in 1783. After the town had been divided up between the families of Hawley, Davy, Rose and Amey, it was John Davy who was first to lay down roads on his lot #10.
Bathala According to Philippine mythology, Bathalang Maykapal, or Bathala for short, was the Supreme God of the ancient Tagalogs and King of the Diwata. All of these beliefs were soon changed after the Spaniards set foot on the islands.
Bathampton Bathampton is a village two miles east of Bath, England on the south bank of the River Avon. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the village and a toll bridge links Bathampton to Batheaston on the north bank of the river.
Batheaston Batheaston is a village two miles east of Bath, England, on the north bank of the River Avon. It is now bypassed by the main A4 road which used to follow the Fosse Way which runs through the village: it is also linked to Bathampton on the south bank of the river via a toll bridge.
Bather load Bather load refers to the capacity of a municipal swimming pool, a water fountain, or similar facility. Often bather load is dictated by the capacity of water treatment equipment (filters, chemical processing, and the like).
Bathin In demonology, Bathin is a Duke (Great Duke according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) of Hell, who has under his command thirty legions of demons. He knows the virtues of precious stones and herbs, and can bring men suddenly from one country to another.
Bathinda Bathinda(Punjabi: ਬਠਿੰਡਾ), also known as Bhatinda, is one of the oldest and most famous cities of the Punjab state of northwestern India. Bathinda's cotton and agricultural production is well known.
Bathing machine The bathing machine was a device, popular in the 19th century, which was intended to allow people to wade in the ocean at beaches without violating Victorian notions of modesty. Bathing machines were in the form of roofed and walled wooden carts which would be rolled into the sea.
Bathiya and Santhush Bathiya & Santhush is a popular Sri Lankan pop/rap duo composed of Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman. Since their inception in 1998, they have released three albums and had seven Sri Lankan number one singles.
Batho pele Batho Pele (Sotho: "People First") is a South African political initiative. The initiative was first introduced by the Mandela Administration on October 1, 1997 to stand for the better delivery of goods and services to the public.
Bathonian Series The typical Bathonian Series is the Great Oolite series of England, and the name was derived from the "Bath Oelite", so extensively mined and quarried in the vicinity of that city, where the principal strata were first studied by W. Smith.
Bathorë Bathorë is an area just outside Tiranë, the capital city of Albania in Eastern Europe. Much of the area is essentially a shanty town, although local and international charitable organisations are involved in laying drainage and water supply pipes, and in recent years a hospital (built by Merlin) and school (part-funded by UNICEF) have been constructed.
Baths of Agrippa The Baths of Agrippa (Thermae Agrippae) in ancient Rome, built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, were the first of the great thermae constructed in Rome. In their first form, constructed at the same time as the Pantheon and on axis with it, as a balaneion (βαλανεῖον), they were apparently a hot-air bath with a cold plunge, not unlike a sauna.
Baths of Caracalla The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between 212 and 216 AD, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. The extensive ruins of the baths have become a popular tourist attraction.
Baths of Diocletian The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors. Diocletian's Baths, dedicated in 306, were the largest and most sumptuous of the imperial baths and remained in use until the aqueducts that fed them were cut by the Goths in 537.
Bathsheba Grossman Bathsheba Grossman is an artist in Santa Cruz, California who creates sculptures using CAD (computer-aided design) and three-dimensional modeling, with metal printing technology to produce a stainless steel / bronze sculpture. Her bronze sculptures are primarily mathematical in nature, often depicting intricate patterns or mathematical oddities(Squares for example has one side and three edges).
Bathsheba W. Smith Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith (3 May 1822 – 20 September 1910) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement. She was a founding member and served as the fourth general President of the LDS Relief Society.
Bathsheba, Saint Joseph, Barbados Bathsheba is the main fishing village in the parish of Saint Joseph with some 5,000 inhabitants on the east coastline of Barbados. The town has a number of quaint churches; Saint Joseph Anglican Church was built on Horse Hill in the town as early as 1640 but was rebuilt in 1839 following a hurricane in 1831.
Bathtub madonna A bathtub madonna, bathtub Mary, or bathtub shrine is an artificial grotto containing a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, constructed by upending an old bathtub and burying one end. It is a form of yard shrine (a shrine built in one's yard).
Bathtub racing Bathtub racing started in Nanaimo, British Columbia and involves the use of a bathub boat. The first races began with the "Nanaimo to Vancouver Great International World Championship Bathtub Race" in 1967.
Bathurst (electoral district) Bathurst is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in the 1967 redistribution when cities were separated from their counties and made independent districts.
Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000-kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted each October at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The winners of the race receive the Peter Brock Trophy, inaugurated at the 2006 race in honour of the late Bathurst legend Peter Brock.
Bathurst Inlet Bathurst Inlet () is a deep inlet located along the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, into which the Burnside and Western Rivers empty. The name, or its native equivalent Kingoak (Qingaut, nose mountain), is also used to identify the community of Bathurst Inlet located on the shore.
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut Bathhurst Inlet, (Inuinnaqtun: Qingaun or Qingaut, Inuktitut: ᑭᖓᐅᓐ), is a small Inuit community located in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut Territory. It is the smallest community recognized as such by the Government of Nunavut who put the population at 19.
Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) Bathurst Island (2,100 km², ) is one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory off the northern coast of Australia along with Melville Island. The island was named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, who, like Viscount Melville, is also commemorated by a Canadian island).

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